Cover for ironing rolls



Dec. 118, 1923.

H, M. HORNE COVER FOR IRONING ROLLS Filed 001:. 5, 1922 Patented Dec.118, 11323.

UNETED TATE HARRY M. HORNE, OF HILTON, NEW JERSEY.

COVER FOR IRONING ROLLS.

Application filed ()etober 3, 1922. Serial No. 592,007.

To aZZ whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, HARRY M. HORNE, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Hilton county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for IroningRolls, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to ironing rolls of the type commonl included inlaundrymachines. In suc machines the fabrics and garments to be ironedare passed. between the ironing rolls which generally speaking areprovided with a fabric covering in order to prevent injury to thematerial being ironed and breakage of buttons and the like which maycomprise a part thereof; to increase the efficiency of such fabriccovering for its intended purpose it is desirable to yieldingly mountthe same upon the roll. F or this purpose such rolls have heretoforebeen surrounded by a sheet metal shell secured to the rOll andconstituting a means whereby a multiplicity of springs which serve as afoundation for the aforesaid fabric covering and provide the desiredresiliency thereto are mounted upon the roll. Up to the present timeconsiderable difliculty has been encountered in combining the metalshell with the roll, with the result that this operation is timeconsuming and expensive and does not provide the best results. Theobject of the present invention is to overcome these disadvantages andobjections by providing a construction in which the shell is eflicientlycombined with the roll in a simple and novel manner and the springs arelikewise mounted upon theshell in a novel and sim ple way. Other morespecific objects of the invention will appear from the descriptionhereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in theappended claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawingswhich show an example of the invention without defining its limits andin which Fig. 1 is an exterior view of a roll with my improvementapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing the spring mounting; Fig. 4 is anenlarged section of the roll equipped with my improvement and Fig. 5 isan enlarged fragmentary section showing an anti-creeping device includedin the construction.

As shown in the drawings the roll com- 'which the rod 16 also passes.

prises the customary cylindrical body 10 provided at its opposite endswith annular flanges 11 and with trunnions or the like 12 whereby saidroll is mounted in the machineof which it forms a part, it beingunderstood that said roll, in construction ,and form, may be of anyexisting and well known type. The shell 13 is constructed of suitablesheet metal such as brass and is preferably provided with a multiplicityof perforations 14, said shell being of such dimensions as to extendcircumferentially about the body 10 and to fit between the flanges 11 asshown in Fig. 1. Along its longitudinal edges the shell 13 is providedwith a plurality of tubular projections 15 and 15 which may be formed byturning over the metal of the shell as indicated and which are locatedalong the respective edges so as to be capable of fitting between eachother when the shell 13 is in place upon the roll; that is to say, theprojections 15 are staggered with respect to the projections 15. all ofthe projections being so spaced and dimensioned that when fittedtogether they constitute a substantially continuous 'tu'be extendinglengthwise of the shell 13 as shown in the drawings. A rod 16 having ahead 17 at one end and its other end screw-threaded, passes throughsuitable apertures in the flanges 11 and through the aligned projections15 and 15 and maintains the shell in the form of a cylinder whichencircles the body 1.0 of the roll; the rod 16 is fixed against movementin the direction of its length relatively to the shell 13 and body 10 bymeans of a nut 18 which screws upon the screw-threaded end of said rod16. against the possibility of any circumferential distortion orcreeping of the shell 13 at intermediate points and to reduce strains Inorder to guard upon the rod 16 to a minimum, it may be desirable toprovide eyelets 19 through These eyelets 19 are located at spacedintervals and p are fixed upon the body 10 in any convenient manner asby being screw-threaded therein, said eyelets being in axial registrywith the projections 15 and 15 and projecting between the ends ofadjacent projections which are shortened in axial length to pro-vide thespaces necessary to accommodate said eyelets.

The yielding support for the outer fabric covering is provided by a.plurality of coil springs 20 which extend radially outward from theshell at the predetermined points thereon; these springs are eachcarried by a cap 21 provided Wltll (prongs 22 whereby said springs aremounte upon the shell 13 so as tobe-carried thereby. The covering 23 ofsuitable fabric encircles the shell 13- the subsequent combination withthe roll is effected without difficulty and without requiring thesprings to be individually placed in position upon said shell. After thesprings 20 have been secured in place, the shell 13 is wrapped about thebody of the roll between the flanges 11 thereof and'the projections 15and 15 are fitted together and brought into registry with the rodapertures in said flanges 11 and with the eyelets 19. In order tofacilitate the combination of the shell with the roll, temporaryclamping rings 24 of suitable construction may be utilized to hold saidshell in place during its attachment with the roll. To complete thecombination of said shell with its roll, the rod 16 is passed throughthe flange openings, the projections 15 and 15 and the eyelets 19 andthe nut 18 is screwed home upon said rod to firmly and securely fix theshell in place.

The entire operation of combining the shell with the roll requires noskill in its accomplishment and may be fully completed without materialeffort and in a minlmum period of time; after the shell has been securedin place the temporary clamping rings 24 may be-removed and the fabriccovering 23 wrapped about the springs 20 and secured in position thereonin the well known way. It will be understood that the springs 20 may belocated in either a regular or an irregular arrangement as desiredandthat they may be included in any desired number without complicatingthe arrangement or the method of attachment. In .any case such springsmay easily be' located in the most efiicient arrangement to provideresiliency in the covering 23 to the desired degree.

The invention overcomes the disadvantages heretofore existing instructures of the kind in' question and b doing awa with thenecessityfor skille workman an by cutting down the time required forcombining the shells with the rolls reduces the cost of rolls fittedwith the described resilient fabricl covers to a minimum; While theinvention is particularly adapted for laundry machine 3011? it may befound equally useful in other Various changes in the specific form shownand describedmay be made within the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the inyention.

I claim: j

1. The combination of a machine roll, a shell encircling the same andco-operating means locatedalong the contiguous longituof said shell-andadapted to be fitted together, a plurality of springs carried by saidshell,-means co-operating with said proj ections for securing said shellin place upon said roll and a fabric covering mounted upon said springs.

4: The combination of a laundry roll, a perforated shell encircling thesame, a

v plurality of tubular projections located along the lon itudinal edgesof said shell and adapted to e fitted together in axial registry,springs located upon said shell carried there'- by, a rod extendingthrough said projections to secure said shell in place upon saidroll andmeans co-operating with said rod to prevent circumferential shifting ofsaid shell.

5. The combination of a laundry roll having flanges provided withapertures, a perforated shell encircling said roll between said flanges,a plurality of tubular projections located alon the longitudinal edgesof said shell and a apted to be fitted together in axial registry, aplurality of eyelets carried 'by said roll in axial registry with saidpro-.

jections, a rod extending through the apertures of said flanges andthrough said projections and eyelets whereby said shell is. secured inplace upon said roll and fixed against circumferential shifting, ,aplurality of springs carried by, said shell, and pronged caps wherebysaid springs are connected with said shell.

In testimony whereof I have hereby signed this specification.

I HARRY M. HORNE.

